Robert Reed Ingram [1] (born 1962) is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives for District 75,encompassing parts of Elmore County and Montgomery County. [2]
Jeremiah Clemens was a United States senator and novelist from Alabama. A Southern Unionist,he opposed the secession of Alabama from the Union in 1861 but briefly served in the Confederate Army. He was the author of Tobias Wilson,one of the first novels set during the American Civil War.
The Alabama State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature,the state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts,with each constituency containing at least 42,380 citizens. There are no term limits in the House. The House is also one of the five lower houses of state legislatures in the United States that is elected every four years. Other lower houses,including the United States House of Representatives,are elected for a two-year term.
The Alabama State Senate is the upper house of the Alabama Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alabama. The body is composed of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state,with each district containing at least 127,140 citizens. Similar to the lower house,the Alabama House of Representatives,the senate serves both without term limits and with a four-year term.
The Alabama Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Alabama. It is chaired by Randy Kelley.
Cecil W. "Hootie" Ingram was an American college football player,coach,and athletics administrator. He played for the University of Alabama from 1952 to 1954 and was selected as an All-SEC defensive back in 1952. He worked as an assistant football coach at several colleges,including the University of Georgia and University of Arkansas before he received a head coaching assignment at Clemson University from 1970 to 1972. He was an administrator with the Southeastern Conference in the 1970s and later served as an athletic director at Florida State University (1981–1989) and Alabama (1989–1995).
Benjamin Cudworth Yancey Jr. was an American politician,lawyer,officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and diplomat.
Miles Clayton Allgood was an American politician and a United States Representative from Alabama.
The 2009 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 115th overall season,76th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and its 18th within the SEC Western Division. The team was led by head coach Nick Saban,in his third year,and played their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa,Alabama. They finished the season undefeated with a record of 14–0 and as national champions for the first time since 1992.
Mark Valentino Ingram II is an American former professional football running back and current on-air personality for Fox Sports. He played 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide,becoming the first Alabama player to win the Heisman Trophy after rushing for 1,658 yards in 2009 en route to winning the 2010 BCS National Championship Game.
Greg Reed is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member of the Alabama Senate,representing the 5th District since 2010. He defeated Democrat Brett Wadsworth in the 2010 midterm elections to replace Charles Bishop in the 5th District. As of 2021,he is the Alabama State Senate's president pro tempore.
Mike Hubbard is an American former state politician who was a Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives,representing the 79th district in Lee County. He was first elected in 1998 and previously served as Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives. Before that,he was House Minority Leader six years (2004–10) and was twice chairman of the Alabama Republican Party (2007–11).
African Americans in Alabama or Black Alabamians are residents of the state of Alabama who are of African American ancestry. They have a history in Alabama from the era of slavery through the Civil War,emancipation,the Reconstruction era,resurgence of white supremacy with the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow Laws,the Civil Right movement,into recent decades. According to the 2020 Census,approximately 25.8% of Alabama's population is African American.
The 2015 Montgomery mayoral election took place on August 25,2015,to elect the Mayor of Montgomery,Alabama.
Elgin,also known as Elgin Crossroads,Ingram's Crossroads,or Marmion,is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County,in the U.S. state of Alabama. Elgin lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 72 and Alabama State Route 101.
The 2018 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Governor Kay Ivey (R),who took office on April 10,2017,upon the resignation of Robert Bentley (R) ran for election to a full term and won over Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox. Ivey was sworn in for her first full term on January 14,2019. This was the first time since 1966 that a woman was elected Governor of Alabama.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alabama. Incumbent senator Richard Shelby was first elected in 1986 and re-elected in 1992 as a Democrat before becoming a Republican in 1994. In February 2021,Shelby announced that he would not seek re-election to a seventh term,which resulted in the first open Senate seat since 1996 and the first in this seat since 1968.
The Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument is a United States National Monument in Birmingham,Alabama established in 2017 to preserve and commemorate the work of the 1963 Birmingham campaign,its Children's Crusade,and other Civil Rights Movement events and actions. The monument is administered by the National Park Service. Civil rights protesters took to the streets of Birmingham,Alabama to fight in favor of Project C,a campaign against laws limiting African Americans freedoms. They were met with violent resistance from the police.
The 2022 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Governor Kay Ivey took office on April 10,2017,upon the resignation of Robert J. Bentley (R) and won a full term in 2018. In 2022,she won her bid for a second full term in a landslide.
The 2022 Alabama House of Representatives elections were held on November 8,2022. The Republican and Democratic primaries were held on May 24,2022,and any races in which no candidate exceeded one-half plus one of the total votes advanced to a runoff on June 21,2022. This was the first election cycle since 2002 in which the Libertarian Party of Alabama was on the ballot,as they exceeded the threshold for petition signatures needed to gain ballot access in Alabama. Libertarian candidates were nominated by party convention. All 105 of Alabama's state representatives were up for reelection. In Alabama,members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate serve four-year terms,running in years corresponding with presidential midterm elections.
Timothy John Reeder is an American doctor and politician who is the representative of the 9th House district in the North Carolina House of Representatives.